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rickah88 · 09-25-2013, 12:07 PM

I thought Seth McFarlane said something about re-scanning all the early seasons of Family Guy in HD for a possible BD release? I seem to recall him saying this a year, or two, ago when the current seasons of FG switched to 1.78 HD?
I guess we can place that right up there with The X-Files coming out, on BD, in 2013?

HDMe · 09-25-2013, 07:28 PM

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Originally Posted by rickah88

I thought Seth McFarlane said something about re-scanning all the early seasons of Family Guy in HD for a possible BD release? I seem to recall him saying this a year, or two, ago when the current seasons of FG switched to 1.78 HD?
I guess we can place that right up there with The X-Files coming out, on BD, in 2013?

I'm not holding my breath... when they don't release the current HD broadcast seasons on Blu-ray, no reason to even consider earlier seasons.

eiknarf · 11-11-2013, 02:27 PM

Either way, last night's episode, A Fistful of Meg, was awesome!
I gotta admit, there was a season or two where this show was slipping, but the last three seasons are better than ever.

demonknight · 11-11-2013, 03:44 PM

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Originally Posted by eiknarf

Either way, last night's episode, A Fistful of Meg, was awesome!
I gotta admit, there was a season or two where this show was slipping, but the last three seasons are better than ever.

It was good. However, it is still slipping quite a bit. The occasional good episode is getting harder and harder to find.

eiknarf · 11-11-2013, 04:10 PM

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Originally Posted by demonknight

It was good. However, it is still slipping quite a bit. The occasional good episode is getting harder and harder to find.

I liked the season opener too. I believe it was called Finders Keepers
I like when the plots are random. Family Guy to me works better when its random.
When Seth McFarlane gets too political, it loses it. Family Guy doesn't do social or political commentary like South Park.

Which is why to me I like that we have both shows

South Park is best at social and political satire while Family Guy is stronger with random plot devices.

eiknarf · 12-18-2013, 03:06 PM

I just read that Vol. 12 came out on DVD on Tuesday, Dec 16. Is that normal? Meaning, Vol. 11 just came out in September, just three months ago. I thought volume releases were normally six months apart?

HDMe · 12-18-2013, 05:13 PM

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Originally Posted by eiknarf

I just read that Vol. 12 came out on DVD on Tuesday, Dec 16. Is that normal? Meaning, Vol. 11 just came out in September, just three months ago. I thought volume releases were normally six months apart?

Yeah... this was weird. They used to do half-volumes... not even a whole season... now they have started doing whole seasons... and with this release they have caught up to present... meaning only the current-airing season isn't released.

This is the first time they have been caught up like this since the show was cancelled years ago.

eiknarf · 12-18-2013, 06:01 PM

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Originally Posted by HDMe

Yeah... this was weird. They used to do half-volumes... not even a whole season... now they have started doing whole seasons... and with this release they have caught up to present... meaning only the current-airing season isn't released.

This is the first time they have been caught up like this since the show was cancelled years ago.

I knew something seemed different... sooner...

I just looked here.. at Blu-ray.com

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IndyMLVC · 06-07-2015, 02:11 AM

As someone who doesn't follow behind-the-scenes stuff on Family Guy, I'd really love to purchase it but it seems like Vudu is the only option.

I assume it's never getting released?

batman2000 · 06-07-2015, 04:33 AM

that's mess up and american dad and cleveland show are suffering a vudu itunes etc. only way to get it in hd as well. you know what sucks is all of cleveland show is in hd but no blu ray. seriously i mean come on the show aired in hd and you can't put it on blu ray that's not right same goes for american dad's hd seasons family guys hd seasons come on fox wake up.

IndyMLVC · 05-01-2016, 07:37 PM

Has anyone done a comparison for how iTunes/Vudu looks on the SD stuff (seasons 1-7) vs. the DVD?

McCrutchy · 12-24-2020, 07:29 PM

Well, I finally broke down and did it. I bought the DVDs. I believe I now have everything that's easily accessible (i.e. not a retailer exclusive bonus DVD) in terms of Family Guy episodes and extras:

[Show spoiler]

Family Guy is a major guilty pleasure of mine, but I've never owned any of it on DVD before I bought the Blu-ray of the Star Wars parodies earlier this year when it looked like Fox Blu-rays may go out-of-print forever. I'm similarly concerned with these DVDs, but I didn't know that Fox had re-released them in jumbo "Part" packs early last year, each of which contain five volumes and/or seasons from Season 1-14. These "parts" are currently $19.99 each, which I think is a bargain, even though they have cheap packaging. I had a gift card and some certificates to Best Buy, so $121.92 plus tax became $3.34.

Of course, the albatross would be a Blu-ray set with upscaled and HD episodes, but that seems incredibly unlikely to happen even with potential future season sets. My hope is that Disney will one day allow Fox to at least continue to put out DVDs with extras and uncensored episodes, but if not, hopefully I now have everything that did get released, before it potentially vanishes into the digital ether.

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09-25-2013, 12:07 PM	#81
rickah88 Blu-ray Grand Duke Top contributor Member since:May 2010 Location:Columbia, MD 4K collection:- Blu-ray collection:- DVD collection:- Trading Score:93	I thought Seth McFarlane said something about re-scanning all the early seasons of Family Guy in HD for a possible BD release? I seem to recall him saying this a year, or two, ago when the current seasons of FG switched to 1.78 HD? I guess we can place that right up there with The X-Files coming out, on BD, in 2013?

11-11-2013, 02:27 PM	#83
eiknarf Blu-ray Baron Member since:Feb 2011 Location:New York Blu-ray collection:393 DVD collection:10 Trading Score:2	Either way, last night's episode, A Fistful of Meg, was awesome! I gotta admit, there was a season or two where this show was slipping, but the last three seasons are better than ever.

12-18-2013, 03:06 PM	#86
eiknarf Blu-ray Baron Member since:Feb 2011 Location:New York Blu-ray collection:393 DVD collection:10 Trading Score:2	I just read that Vol. 12 came out on DVD on Tuesday, Dec 16. Is that normal? Meaning, Vol. 11 just came out in September, just three months ago. I thought volume releases were normally six months apart?

06-07-2015, 02:11 AM	#89
IndyMLVC Blu-ray Duke Top contributor Member since:Oct 2010 Location:New York City, NY 4K collection:296 Blu-ray collection:738 DVD collection:58 Digital collection:754 iTunes collection:2 Trading Score:62	As someone who doesn't follow behind-the-scenes stuff on Family Guy, I'd really love to purchase it but it seems like Vudu is the only option. I assume it's never getting released?

06-07-2015, 04:33 AM	#90
batman2000 Blu-ray Ninja Member since:Oct 2006 Blu-ray reviews:1	that's mess up and american dad and cleveland show are suffering a vudu itunes etc. only way to get it in hd as well. you know what sucks is all of cleveland show is in hd but no blu ray. seriously i mean come on the show aired in hd and you can't put it on blu ray that's not right same goes for american dad's hd seasons family guys hd seasons come on fox wake up.

05-01-2016, 07:37 PM	#91
IndyMLVC Blu-ray Duke Top contributor Member since:Oct 2010 Location:New York City, NY 4K collection:296 Blu-ray collection:738 DVD collection:58 Digital collection:754 iTunes collection:2 Trading Score:62	Has anyone done a comparison for how iTunes/Vudu looks on the SD stuff (seasons 1-7) vs. the DVD?

12-24-2020, 07:29 PM	#92
McCrutchy Contributor Top contributor Member since:Dec 2008 Location:East Coast, USA Home Theater Gallery:2 4K collection:1263 Blu-ray collection:6773 DVD collection:253 Blu-ray reviews: 5 Trading Score:17	Well, I finally broke down and did it. I bought the DVDs. I believe I now have everything that's easily accessible (i.e. not a retailer exclusive bonus DVD) in terms of Family Guy episodes and extras: [Show spoiler] Family Guy is a major guilty pleasure of mine, but I've never owned any of it on DVD before I bought the Blu-ray of the Star Wars parodies earlier this year when it looked like Fox Blu-rays may go out-of-print forever. I'm similarly concerned with these DVDs, but I didn't know that Fox had re-released them in jumbo "Part" packs early last year, each of which contain five volumes and/or seasons from Season 1-14. These "parts" are currently $19.99 each, which I think is a bargain, even though they have cheap packaging. I had a gift card and some certificates to Best Buy, so $121.92 plus tax became $3.34. Of course, the albatross would be a Blu-ray set with upscaled and HD episodes, but that seems incredibly unlikely to happen even with potential future season sets. My hope is that Disney will one day allow Fox to at least continue to put out DVDs with extras and uncensored episodes, but if not, hopefully I now have everything that did get released, before it potentially vanishes into the digital ether.

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